Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
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Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Mr Harold Emanuel Bevis

Title: Mr
Forenames: Harold Emanuel
Surnames: Bevis
Date of Death: 27/02/1924
Burial Date: 01/03/1924
Age at Death Years: 26
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 004 C2/D2 C3/D3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Parish Cemetery 2 Plots 508 & 508a
Grave Description: Double plot, kerbstone square with grass top.
Grave Condition Description: Kerbstones good, but there is a hole in the south west corner in the concrete/grass top.
Other Information: Harold enlisted in the Rifles Brigade when he was 17 years old. He served in France, was wounded and gassed and was discharged in June 1918 when he was 20. His mother nursed him until his death at 26. She died of a broken heart on the day of his funeral. See links below and record for Anna Bevis.
Old Website Grave ID: 483

Inscription:

South kerb
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANNA MARIA BEVIS PASSED AWAY MARCH 1ST 1924, AGED 59 YEARS

North kerb
ALSO OF HER HUSBAND SAMUEL PASSED AWAY MAY 4TH 1935, AGED 71 YEARS

West kerb
AND OF THEIR SON HAROLD EMANUEL PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 27TH 1924, AGED 26 YEARS

Photographs:

Al Rowe
Harold's Good Attendance Medal from school.
Photographer: Al Rowe
Al Rowe
Harold's Good Attendance Medal from school.
Photographer: Al Rowe
Bevis family

Related Documents:

PDF file: 1901 Census; Obituary; Funeral.
''Entry from the 1901 census and the obituary and funeral report from the IW Times. Mr Bevis died from wounds and gas in WW1.''
PDF file: War Notes 1918

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